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Chart based on 30 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
2008 Chevrolet HHR 4dr Wagon
turbocharged 260hp 2.0L I4 5-speed manual FWD
9300 mi
Bushings on front sway bar needed replacement.
14260 mi
Clicking wheel bearings
28520 mi
Bushings replaced for the third time.
162000 mi
Needed new front sway bar bushings... handling ok, but noise from front end.
101000 mi
US $180
Sway bar bushings replaced. Also sway bar links and control arm bushings are known to fail early on HHRs and cause noise. A formerly trusted garage diagnosed as worn struts. I replaced struts, strut bearings but did not fix problem.
109000 mi
Steering column felt loose around 100K. Driving on washboard surfaces, and sometimes during hard braking, column would shudder. Dealer said known condition due to dried seals. Solution is to replace (expensive).
3rd trip to dealer for noise under dash driver side previous claimed noise was normal then claimed warped brake rotors and pads damaged did not fix problem then claimed manual tranmission noise steering intermediate shaft and column fixed
Struts and strut linkage arms had to be replaced under warranty.
30000 mi
Right front sway bar was noisy over speed bumps.
35610 mi
Groans over bumps, took in dealer replaced steering column, noise still there, lubed strut mounts and noise is still there Loud popping/grinding noise from the right front wheel area. Dealer replaced steering column hoping to fix and it didn't - going back in on 10/27.
36710 mi
Same groaning noise over bumps dealer admitted they couldn't fix it but tried once more by replacing the right front strut and assembly, problem remains unfixed. Still no new key fob also.
57000 mi
Groaning noise in suspension never fixed.
72000 mi
Front struts were leaking. The dealer replaced both struts. I had a clunking noise in the front end. The dealer found the lower left control arm was loose so they replaced it. While replacing the assmebly, the right front stabilizer links broke while removing them so the stabilizer bar link was repla
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